- From: Priestley, Mark, VF-Group <Mark.Priestley@vodafone.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:57:37 +0200
- To: "Arthur Barstow" <art.barstow@nokia.com>, "ext Marcos Caceres" <marcosc@opera.com>
- Cc: "public-webapps" <public-webapps@w3.org>
Vodafone supports the proposal to drop screenshots from v1 of the Widgets specifications. Thanks, Mark >-----Original Message----- >From: public-webapps-request@w3.org >[mailto:public-webapps-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Barstow >Sent: 18 April 2009 15:21 >To: ext Marcos Caceres >Cc: public-webapps >Subject: Re: [widgets] dropping screenshot > >I generally support with this proposal but would add that this >functionality be added to the widgets v2 list [1]. > >All - please send your comments on this proposal by April 23 >at the latest. > >-Regards, Art Barstow > >[1] <http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/Widgets2_UC%26R> > > >On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:05 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: > >> After discussions with Josh and Arve, I would like to >propose that we >> drop the screenshot element. The rationales for the decision are: >> >> * screenshots bloat the package, >> * and screenshots are never used when the widget is instantiated. >> * Also, there is no way to identify on which platform the >screenshot >> of the widget was taken on. This is an issue because a UA may render >> form elements used by a widget differently from one platform to >> another. >> Authors will want to show what a widget looks like when running on a >> platform. To show this, authors should provide >distributors/galleries >> with platform specific screenshots. Having a bunch of screenshots in >> the package may confuse/mislead users in believing the widget will >> look/behave in some particular way, which may not be true on some >> platforms. >> >> Kind regards, >> Marcos >> >> > > >
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